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Citywire Investment News
- Saturday Papers: RBS keen to offload private equity fund stakes -- bid news and gossip
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:00 GMT
BAE Systems has lost the race to build the British army's next generation of 'Scout' armoured vehicles.
- Saturday Papers: Eurozone agrees £22bln bail-out for Greece -- other news
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:43 GMT
Unexpected rise in US shop sales boosts hopes of revival.
- Broker Roundup: Goldman Sachs has a Conviction Buy for Aveva
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:11:00 GMT
Nomura ups target for Old Mutual and RBS upgrades Lancashire Holdings.
- We messed up on mis-selling but we're clamping down now, says regulator
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:04:02 GMT
The Financial Services Authority vows to be more proactive, do more to protect the consumer and toughen up on the mis-selling of financial products.
- Withers: 50% tax likely to remain for most of next parliament
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:47:25 GMT
The law firm believes the party that wins this year's election will be forced to keep the 50% tax on income in place for longer than anticipated.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- Ratewatch - mortgages
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
The best remortgage and guarantor mortgage deals.
- Home sales slumped by half in January
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:17 GMT
The number of house purchases dropped by half in January, after the stamp duty holiday ended in December.
- We messed up on mis-selling but we're clamping down now, says regulator
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:04:02 GMT
The Financial Services Authority vows to be more proactive, do more to protect the consumer and toughen up on the mis-selling of financial products.
- Six Budget predictions and eight Budget wishes
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:47:08 GMT
Accountant Tenon warns the HMRC is set to turn the screw on tax avoidance and will clamp down on schemes that turn income into capital ahead of the 50% tax rate in April
- Lehman report - more litigation on the way
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:21:09 GMT
Investors in Lehman now have very strong evidence that they were misled, following the publication of a US report. Those with deep pockets and insurance will be targeted.
BBC Business News
- Royal Mail quality tests 'rigged'
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:43:00 GMT
The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding that delivery quality tests were rigged.
- Sarkozy and Brown attack US deal
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:39:58 GMT
Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown criticise the US for "protectionism" over an aerospace deal after talks in London.
- Port exports
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:58 GMT
Portuguese exporters hit by strong euro
- Lloyds aids mortgage overpayments
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:53 GMT
UK mortgage lender Lloyds Banking Group is encouraging borrowers to pay off up to 20% of their mortgages early.
- Interns 'exploited by employers'
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:47 GMT
The TUC is claiming that young people are being exploited by employers through internships in which they do not get paid.
Citywire News
- Saturday Papers: RBS keen to offload private equity fund stakes -- bid news and gossip
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:00 GMT
BAE Systems has lost the race to build the British army's next generation of 'Scout' armoured vehicles.
- Saturday Papers: press tips and comment
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:35:00 GMT
Comment on Lehman report, ASOS, Cashbox and Hydrotec.
- Saturday Papers: Eurozone agrees £22bln bail-out for Greece -- other news
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:43 GMT
Unexpected rise in US shop sales boosts hopes of revival.
- Ratewatch - mortgages
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
The best remortgage and guarantor mortgage deals.
- Home sales slumped by half in January
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:17 GMT
The number of house purchases dropped by half in January, after the stamp duty holiday ended in December.
BBC News
- Royal Mail quality tests 'rigged'
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:43:00 GMT
The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding that delivery quality tests were rigged.
- Man remanded on harassment charge
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:35:05 GMT
An 18-year-old appears in court charged with the harassment of a man who collapsed in the garden of his Greater Manchester home.
- Man charged over train derailment
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:21:59 GMT
A man is charged with dangerous driving following a crash which derailed a train in Suffolk.
- England put Tigers under pressure
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:21:44 GMT
England reduce Bangladesh to 154-5 at the end of day two of the first Test, still 445 runs adrift of the tourists' 599-6 declared.
- Maliki leads Baghdad poll count
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:15:18 GMT
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki's coalition is ahead in the key area of Baghdad, election officials say, as the slow count continues.
